Reiko Ohnuma, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, argues that Maya is remembered in Buddhist tradition as an idealized, if passive, maternal figure. Her death shortly after the future Buddha’s birth ...

EXCLUSIVE: DC/DOX, the prestigious documentary film festival in the nation’s capital, today announced the full slate for its ...

Harsha had abandoned his parents for one reason alone: to please his wife.To him, Padmaa, his wife, had become the most beautiful woman in the entire world. He believed, with unshakable conviction, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- An American climber died while attempting to scale Mount Makalu in Nepal, officials said Tuesday. Nepal’s ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An American climber died while attempting to scale Mount Makalu in Nepal, officials said Tuesday. Nepal’s Mountaineering Department identified the climber who died ...

A second person was found dead at the same South Side facility where a knife-wielding man was fatally shot early Monday morning by Chicago police officers. Authorities say the second man was found ...

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2025, Media Action Nepal has launched its Annual Press Freedom Report 2025 titled "From Intimidation to Impunity: Rising Threats against Media in Nepal ...

What makes this even more challenging: Graham is blind and currently on dialysis. She’s worried about her health, walking through dirty water she can’t locate until she is in it, tracking it ...

Titus Wollan, blind since age 1, plays 'MLB The Show' by sound alone — crushing home runs with no visual help. Titus Wollan, 9, of West Fargo, has the unique gift of sharpened hearing and can ...

An American climber died Sunday on Mount Makalu in Nepal during a climb to raise money for a children's cancer program. Alexander Pancoe, 39, died while settling into his sleeping bag at the ...

I pray for the eternal peace of Prisa's soul and express my deepest condolences to her family at this sad hour,” Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba said in a post on X. “Immediately ...